Fish lure



June 1, 1937. L. w. STRONG 2,082,305

FISH LURE Filed Jan. '7, 1936 Patented June 1, 1937 PATENT OFFICE FISHLUBE Leroy W. Strong, Billings, Mont. Application January 7, 1936,Serial No. 51,969

' 4Claims. (Gris-4a) This invention relates to fish lures, and moreparticularly to certain improvements. in construction and the method ofmanufacture of artificial lures or bait.

An object of this invention is to obtain a more alluring,-life-like andcompact artificial fish lure than has heretofore existed.

Another objecflof the invention is to provide a hackle that can be madeto stand out at any desired angle.

' A further object of the invention is to provide a more durableartificial fish lure able to withstand a strong strike withoutsubstantial impairment.

. A further object of the invention is to provide a multicoloredartificial fly simulating a live fiy.

' The invention has for a further object to provide a construction offish lure wherein there' may be used braided hair and braided raflia'for the body portions of the lure.

The, above and various other more particular objects are brought out inthe specification and drawing more fully and clearly and the applicantdoes not wish to confine himself solely the above stated objects.

'With the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention will bemore fully described hereinafter, and will be more particularly pointedout in the claims appended hereto.

In the drawing, wherein like symbols refer to like orcorrespondi'ngparts throughout the several views.

Figure l is a side elevation of a fish hook showing the inner ends ofthe hackles placed against the shank of the fish hook, and the bindingthread thereabout contiguous the eye of the fishhook preparatory towinding.

Figure 2. is a side elevation of the flshhook' showing the hacklessecured to the shank of the hook by theinitial winding of the thread,the

inner end of the hair or raflia braid being positioned beneath thethread for binding to the shank of the hook.

Figure 3 is a side elevationof the same, illustrating the reversewinding of the thread to secure the rama or hair braid to the hook.

Figure 4 is a like view showing the colored raffia or braid wound overthe thread winding and secured-at its end by several turns of the latterto form the body of the lure, and

Figure 5 is a similar view, showing the outer ends of the hackles bentback and secured in fimshed form. v

In fishing, especially in fishing with artificial bait, it is imperativethat the man-made fish lure simulate toas great a degree as possiblethelive fiies and insects upon which the fish live. The sporting fish,even when ready to feed, is highly particular about its food.Consequently unless the artificial fly fascinates the fish into 5striking for it as an appetizing. morsel it would be futile to attemptto outwit the fish with the equivalent of a bare hook. It is to be notedthat a sporting fish when striking tends to tear the artificial fly evenwhen not caught. If the fish is notsnared on the first strike the fly isgenerally left somewhat ragged thus detractingfrom its ppetizing appeal.

stand a vicious strike and remain unimpaired. Even though the bodyportion of the lure should be cut up by a strike it still remains intactwith very short stubbles of raflia protruding, and in no waycausing thefish to hesitate to strike.

Referring now to the drawing, the new structure of lure will be setforth in the following.

The artificial fish lure of this invention uses as its base or form afish'hook, shown in Figure 1 which has a hook portion terminating at oneend in a barb l2 and at its other end in a shank lit. The shank i3 is ofany suitable eye it. A binding thread ll isnow wrapped about theinnerends of the hackles l6; and the shank I 3, beginning at a pointspaced a short distance from the eye I I, as shown in Figure 1. Thisbinding thread I! is wrapped spirally about the shank and the hackleswith preferably the 40 convolutions spaced apart and the winding iscontinued with suflicient turns to bind the hairs to the shank until apoint is reached substantially opposite to the barb l2.

During the last number of turns of the thread H, a braid of raffla hair,or other braided material IO, which is composed preferably of strands ofdifferent colors, is laid lengthwise over the shank beneath thepriinaryor first winding of the binding thread l1, and extends over theinnerends of the hackles IE to preferably a distance from the eye Itequal to substantially onethird of the length of the said primarywinding,

as shown in Figure 2. The binding thread i1 is now wound back uponitself and over the first With this in mind I the invent r has produceda fly which will withwinding and the braid I8 to bind the latter to theshank and build up the body of the lure. Figure 3 shows the completionof this second winding of the thread I1.

The braid I8 is now wound about the shank I3 and the inner part ofthelure body formed thereon. The turns or convolutions of the braid I8arewrapped tightly about the shank and close together into compact form andseveral reduced winds of the braid I8, as shown at I9, are made beyondthe-inner end of the braid I8 adjacent the eye I4, as shown in Figure 4.The binding thread I! is now wrapped several turns tightly about the endI9 of the wound braid I8 just back of the eye of the hook to provide atapered shoulder and a head portion.

The outer ends of the hackles I6 are now overturned and bent about thereduced turns I9 so as to flare outwardly about the body of the lure.The hackles I6 are held in this angular position by a number of turns ofthe binding thread H, as shown in Figure 5. The hackles I6 are held atthe desired angle by the relative sizes of the braid winding I9 andoverlapping winding of the thread Il, adjacent the eye I4, the thicknessof the braid winding being tapered off to support the hackles at thedesired angle on the body of the lure.

The final turns-of the thread I! over the bent back portions of thehackles I8 provide a head 20 for the lure. The resulting structure issuch that the varicolored braid is fully exposed to view so asto attractfish and admit of the selection of colors best adapted to carry out theless turns of the binding thread H which provide the head 20. I I

The several reduced turns or convolutions I9 ofthe braid I8 on the eyeend of the shank I3 may be wrapped thereabout to any practical extent toprovide a tapering shoulder or support of desired slope for the bentback hackles I6 so that the latter may stand out to the desired distanceabout the body of the lure. The further the binding thread is wound downthe shank the greater is/the tendency for the hackles to lie nearer theshank. If it is desired to have the hackles stand out ;from the shank ata greater angle, the binding thread is wound with the convolutionscloser together. This procedure gives a small, compact head 20. Whenplaying for a fish the resistance of the hackles is of importance. Whenthe hackles are close to the shank portion of the hook the resistance tomovement thru thewater is lowered thus causing the artificial fly toremain under the surface of the water or.very near the top. However ifthe hackles are at a considerable angle approaching the perpendicular tothe shank of the fishhook movement of the fly thru the water causes andmodifications may be made in the details of construction and design ofthe above specifically described embodiment without departing from thespirit thereof and limited only by the scope of the following claims.

What is claimed is:

1. An artificial fish lure, comprising a fishhook having a shank portionwith a barb at one end and an eye at the other end, hackles having theirinner end portions lying against the said shank of the hook, a bindingthread wound about the said shank and the inner end portions of saidhackles to secure the latter to the shank, braided rafiia having itsinner end portion disposed beneath the winding of the thread and alongthe shank, said binding thread being wound back upon itself over theinner end portion of the braid to secure the same to said shank,

the free end portion of said braided raflia being wound about the shankand over the winding of the binding thread and having several reducedturns about the shank near the hook eye, said I lying against the shankof said hook, a binding thread wound about said shank and said inner endportions of said hackles, a braid having its inner end portion securedto the shank by said binding thread and being wound about the bindingthread and said shank, the free end portion of said braid having severalreduced turns about the'shank near the end remote from the barb, saidbinding thread being wrapped several turns tightly about the reducedturns of the braid to provide a tapering shoulder, the outer endportions of the hackles being bent back over the tapering shoulder toflare the hackles backwardly about the bodyof the lure, and an outerbinding wound over the bent portion of the hackles to hold the same inposition on the tapering shoulder.

3. An artificial fish lure comprising a fish-hook having a shank with abarb at one end, hackles having their irmer endportions lying againstthe shank, means for binding such inner end portions of the hackles tothe shank, a braid having its inner end portion secured to the shank andwound about such shank over the inner ends of the hackles and over thewinding of the binding means'whereby to buildup the body of the lure, anumber of binding convolutions' wound tightly about the windings of saidbraid at the end of the braid remote from the barb whereby to produce atapering shoulder, the outer end portions of the hackles being bent backover such tapering shoulder and being directed by such tapering shoulderinto a flaring condition extending about the body of the lure, andbinding means for holding the bent portion of the hackles against saidtapering shoulder.

4. An artificial fish lure comprising a fishhook having a shank with abarb at one end, hackles having their inner end portions disposed alongsaidshank, means for binding such inner end portions of the hackles tothe shank, a lure body built up upon such inner end portions ofa,osa,sos

and simulating the body and wings Ofan insect, and binding means aboutthe bent portions of the hackles and about the shank, said lure bodyhaving a tapering shoulder at the end thereof I 'remote from said barb,the outer end portions. -01 the hackles being bent back over thetapering shoulder and against said tapering shoulder whereby sueh outerends oi the hackies assume a flaring position from the shoulderbackwardly and outwardly toward the barbed end. said haekles extendingabout the body oithe lure the hackles outwardly of said taperingshoulder for holding the outer end portions of the hackles in positionagainst said shoulder, said last mentioned binding means simulating thehead of an insect.

LEROY w. STRONG,

